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Microgreens

Microgreens are small edible vegetable seedlings, usually grown densely in a tray with soil or hydroponically with a growing medium. These vegetables are very dense in nutrition and can be grown vertically on shelves; to allow the grower to produce year round indoors.

Popular Varieties of Microgreens

Equipment for Growing Microgreens

PVCShelving PVC Shelving - Economize on shelves by building them from PVC pipe and fittings.

Continuous Harvest

Continuous harvest is a method of starting new microgreen trays on a regular interval, to help ensure a harvest at about the same interval. If microgreens can be produced consistently, it is possible to produce a relatively predictable harvest and have a high level of confidence that microgreens will be available when needed.

Here are a few sample continuous harvest rotations, which may help in the design of these kinds of rotations. Its important to experiment and determine how long and how consistent, the harvests are in a particular configuration, to make sure that the continuous harvest planning will produce the best results.

Wheatgrass

The average time to produce a tray of wheatgrass is about 10 days. Given this assumption, here are a few sample continuous harvest cycles.

Wheatgrass: Four Day Continuous Harvest Cycle

	Tray 1	Tray 2	Tray 3
Day 1	soak seeds 12h	empty	empty
Day 2	rinse seeds every 12h	empty	empty
Day 3	rinse seeds every 12h	empty	empty
Day 4	sow seeds in tray, cover	soak seeds 12h	empty
Day 5	spray tray	rinse seeds every 12h	empty
Day 6	spray tray	rinse seeds every 12h	empty
Day 7	uncover, grow in light, water tray	sow seeds in tray, cover	soak seeds 12h
Day 8	grow in light, water tray	spray tray	rinse seeds every 12h
Day 9	grow in light, water tray	spray tray	rinse seeds every 12h
Day 10	grow in light, water tray	uncover, grow in light, water tray	sow seeds in tray, cover
Day 11	harvest tray	grow in light, water tray	spray tray
Day 12	soak seeds 12h	grow in light, water tray	spray tray
Day 13	rinse seeds every 12h	grow in light, water tray	uncover, grow in light ,water tray
Day 14	rinse seeds every 12h	harvest tray	grow in light ,water tray
Day 15	sow seeds in tray, cover	soak seeds 12h	grow in light ,water tray
Day 16	spray tray	rinse seeds every 12h	grow in light ,water tray
Day 17	spray tray	rinse seeds every 12h	harvest tray

Wheatgrass: Two Day Continuous Harvest Cycle

	Tray 1	Tray 2	Tray 3	Tray 4	Tray 5	Tray 6
Day 1	soak seeds 12h	empty	empty	empty	empty	empty
Day 2	rinse seeds every 12h	empty	empty	empty	empty	empty
Day 3	rinse seeds every 12h	soak seeds 12h	empty	empty	empty	empty
Day 4	sow seeds in tray, cover	rinse seeds every 12h	empty	empty	empty	empty
Day 5	spray tray	rinse seeds every 12h	soak seeds 12h	empty	empty	empty
Day 6	spray tray	sow seeds in tray, cover	rinse seeds every 12h	empty	empty	empty
Day 7	uncover, grow in light, water tray	spray tray	rinse seeds every 12h	soak seeds 12h	empty	empty
Day 8	grow in light, water tray	spray tray	sow seeds in tray, cover	rinse seeds every 12h	empty	empty
Day 9	grow in light, water tray	uncover, grow in light, water tray	spray tray	rinse seeds every 12h	empty	empty
Day 10	grow in light, water tray	grow in light, water tray	spray tray	sow seeds in tray, cover	empty	empty

After the 17th day, given our assumptions, continuous harvest will have been achieved and all three trays will have been harvested once.

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